Professional Consultations and Presentations

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Dr. Wolgast has twenty years of experience training doctoral level psychology interns and post-doctoral fellows in the basics of CBT-I and diagnostics of sleep disorders.  Dr. Wolgast was the Director of the APA accredited internship at the University of Delaware for years and supervised trainees and staff members as they worked with clients who had primary sleep problems.  

If you are training in CBT-I and are seeking consultation, Dr. Wolgast is available for individual and group consultation. 

Dr. Wolgast has extensive experience presenting sleep topics to groups, from state psychology associations, VA clinicians to students, parents and faculty in universities and secondary schools.  As one of a few board certified behavior sleep medicine providers in the U.S., Dr. Wolgast has the expertise to help your organization or group's need for better sleep.  

2022

• Prioritizing Sleep: Changing Campus Culture, Improving Counseling Center Response and Interventions. Presentation to members of the Center for Collegiate Mental Health through Pennsylvania State University. Continuing Education Presentation.
• College Students' Sleep Schedule: Why an All-Nighter is Not a Good Idea.  Interview for Podcast: Deep Into Sleep (https://www.deepintosleep.co/). Episode 135. 
• Sleep and Your Immune System. Presentation to the Division of Student Life Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. 

2020

• Healthier Sleep during a Pandemic. Two presentations to American Express Global Commercial Services, Global Marketing and Risk Management. 
• Suicide and Sleep on Campus – Changing Culture. Presentation to Presentation to Student Life Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. 

2019

• Suicide and Sleep on Campus – Changing Culture. Presentation to Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors national conference, San Antonio, TX. 
• The Science of Sleep. Interview for HigherEd Live Podcast (http://higheredlive.com/podcasts/). Student Affairs Live – The Science of Sleep. 
• Sleep and its Impacts on Athletes. Presentation to Medical Aspects of Sport Conference, Newark, DE.  With Tannozzini, L.
• Sleep and Your Health – Way Beyond Sleep Hygiene. Presentation to Student Success Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. With Silver, T. 
• Sleep and Your Health – Way Beyond Sleep Hygiene. Presentation to Student Life Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

2018

• UD Health: Conversations in Healthcare. Sleeping and Mental Health. Presentation to members of the University of Delaware and community. Panelist. Newark, Delaware.
• Psychology of Sleep for Counselors. Presentation to graduate level course in advanced counseling skills at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Beyond the Basics of Sleep: Understanding the Needs and Pitfalls of Sleep and Children.Helping Parents and Students get the Sleep they Need. Presentation to faculty and community members of The Philadelphia School. Philadelphia, PA.

2017

• Beyond the Basics of Sleep: Insomnia Diagnosis and Treatments. Helping Clients with Other Common Sleep Problems. Presentation to members of the Delaware Psychological Association. Continuing education presentation. Newark, Delaware.

2016

• Treating College Students with Sleep Problems. Presentation to University of Maryland’s counseling services department. Continuing education presentation. College Park, Maryland.
• Treating College Students with Sleep Problems. Presentation to Sewanee, University of the South’s Counseling and Psychological Services department. Continuing education presentation. Sewanee, Tennessee. 
• Sleep Better Tonight: Way, Way, Way More than Sleep Hygiene.Colloquium Presentation to students of Sewanee, University of the South. Sewanee, Tennessee. 
• Sleep Health and Adolescents – The Science and How to Sleep Better Tonight. Three-part Presentation to Student body of Strath Haven High School, the Faculty and the Parents of Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, Wallingford, PA.
• Treating College Students with Sleep Problems. Presentation to University of Colorado – Boulder’s Counseling services department. Continuing education presentation. Boulder, CO. 

2014

• Treatment of Insomnia and Nightmares: CBT-I and IRT for helping patients with sleep disorders. Presentation to Coatesville, Pennsylvania Veteran’s Administration Medical Center psychology staff. Continuing education presentation. Coatesville, PA. With Harb, G.

2013 

• Sleep and college students: insomnia, caffeine, narcolepsy and how to help students with sleep problems. Presentation to George Mason University’s Counseling and Psychological Services. Continuing education presentation. Fairfax, VA. 
• Sleep across the lifespan: Insomnia, apnea, caffeine. Narcolepsy and how sleep changes as we age.Presentation to the Central Pennsylvania Psychologists’ Association. Continuing education presentation. State College, PA.

2012

• College Students & Sleep: The Basics, the Problems, the Clinical Action. Presentation to Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Counseling and Psychological Services and University Health Services departments. Continuing education presentation. State College, PA. 
• Young Adults and Sleep Health: Insomnia, Caffeine, CBT-I and Sleep MedicationsPresentation to the Mid-Atlantic Pre-Doctoral Internship Conference, Newark, DE. With Heitzman, C.

2011

• Young Adults and Sleep Health: Caffeine, Insomnia, Narcolepsy and More. Spring Continuing Education Conference sponsored by the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, Harrisburg, PA. With Kaduvettoor-Davidson, A., Widger, C., Daltry, R., Brannan, M.

2010

• Sleep and College Students. Presentation to the Mid-Atlantic Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship Conference, Newark, DE.